Chapters
Operates in North America

Carnegie Fund for Authors

Services offered

  • Emergency Funds

Disciplines

  • Writers

Guidelines of assistance

Open to authors with at least one full-length work published by a mainstream (non-vanity) publisher (may be e-book). Applicants must demonstrate hardship/emergency (illness or other urgent need). Proof of emergency should be included with app.

Description

The Carnegie Fund for Authors awards grants to U.S. authors who have been published by a mainstream publisher and who are in need of emergency funds due to illness or injury to themselves or a family member. It accepts applications "from any American author who has written at least one book of reasonable length that has been published commercially and received reader acceptance."

Last updated 19 May 2024
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